Copycat Disney Characters In Iranian Parks

This report is rather sad, actually. It gives an account on how, even with the Iranian government's strong anti-US rhetoric, iconic American symbols such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck welcome the citizen to its amusement park.

At Eram Park, Mickey simply welcomes people to the funfair, while the Dwarves urge people to enjoy themselves. Shrek offers tickets to ride and Donald Duck helpfully points to the exit.

I'm sure Disney won't be filing for copyright infringement anytime soon. It's not as if they have any effective legal means to stop such a thing. But what is surprising is how the Iranian government, who are so wound up about not having any kind of "Western influence", much less, American cultural influence, would let something like this stand. Maybe the Ayatollahs and the Mullahs and the President don't quite know what these characters are or what they represent?

What they don't know won't hurt them! :)

Zz.